Kublai Khan

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

Kublai Khan 1215-1294. Mongol emperor (1260-1294) and founder of the Mongol dynasty in China. A grandson of Genghis Khan, he conquered the Song dynasty (1279) and established a great capital, now Beijing, where he received Marco Polo (1275-1292).

n. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294)

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With the 2008 Olympics in mind, China's authorities have been trying to transform Beijing, an ancient city crafted by rulers such as Kublai Khan, into a modern metropolis.

The slate includes a mix of reality and scripted fare, from "Mob Wives" — a series set to air on VH1 about four women who grew up in the mob or married into it — to "Marco Polo," a historical series that follows Marco Polo's time as a special envoy to Kublai Khan and has drawn offers from several cable networks.

At that time Peking was still very much "an ancient city wrapped in high crenellated walls some 40 kilometres long and accessed through sixteen multi-storeyed gate towers . . . and still recognizable as the city of Kublai Khan."

According to an Italian research team, his accounts, which were detailed in his celebrated work, "The Travels of Marco Polo," are replete with errors and inconsistencies, such as concerning Kublai Khan, the Mongol Emperor of China.

While I think Francis Lawrence is a great director, I have to say that the more factual story of the man who travelled across Asia for some twenty four years during the reign of Kublai Khan, and who was asked to serve as Khan's own ambassador during some of that time, is sounding the better project.